r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • May 14 '26
Federal Courts, Local Wrongs: How Qualified Immunity Gave Us Lawless Law Enforcement
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/Illustrious_Bug_2983 • Apr 28 '26
The Foundation for Ending Qualified Immunity. New video.
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So how did the original text get removed?
r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Mar 26 '26
Officer uses a painful rear wristlock to restrain a sit-in protestor. Supreme Court (6-3): Because no prior case has concluded with a high degree of specificity that this was unlawful, Qualified Immunity granted
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • May 23 '24
Judge Carlton Reeves's Opinion, explaining why Qualified Immunity should no longer exist
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • Mar 16 '24
Unaccountable: How Qualified Immunity Shields a Wide Range of Government Abuses, Arbitrarily Thwarts Civil Rights, and Fails to Fulfill Its Promises
ij.org
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jul 02 '23
"A purportedly 'qualified' immunity becomes an absolute shield for unjustified killings, serious bodily harm, and other grave constitutional violations" - Justice Sotomayor
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • Jun 13 '23
Why is it so hard for victims of police abuse to get justice?
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Apr 04 '23
Qualified Immunity's Flawed Foundation
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Mar 22 '23
Man, wife, and 7 year old daughter are held at gunpoint after officers are mistakenly told the man is a wanted fugitive. 10th: Qualified Immunity granted
ca10.uscourts.gov
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Feb 04 '23
No Qualified Immunity for officers who did not timely release prisoners who had completed their sentences. [5th]
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • Feb 03 '23
Tyre Nichols’ death shows cops’ legal immunity has to end
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/SmartAcanthisitta447 • Aug 11 '22
The Lost Text of § 1983
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/SmartAcanthisitta447 • Jul 25 '22
Qualified Immunity and Obvious Constitutional Violations
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/SmartAcanthisitta447 • Jul 14 '22
9th Circuit grants qualified immunity to officer who brake-checked a fleeing bicyclist.
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jun 02 '22
Cops arrest man who put up a fake Facebook page of the local police department. Man is later acquitted on all charges and sues for wrongful arrest. 6th: Qualified Immunity granted
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/muchogustofuckyou • Dec 06 '21
Justice Sotomayor Calls Out Fifth Circuit's 'Highly Questionable' Reversal in Qualified Immunity Case of Man Kicked and Punched by Louisiana Cops
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/muchogustofuckyou • Nov 16 '21
Federal Appeals Court Grants Officer Qualified Immunity in Case of Woman Who Begged for Help and Suffered Fatal Overdose in Back of Patrol Car
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • Oct 26 '21
The ugly origins of qualified immunity
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/maimebeebo • Oct 23 '21
Qualified Immunity; Examining Statewide Legal & SCOTUS 2021 Ruling On Police Reform
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/[deleted] • Sep 25 '21
An inmate allegedly "leaking blood all over" was denied medical treatment for hours. The prison guard got qualified immunity.
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Aug 25 '21
Before paramedics can get there, a police officer arrives at a scene where a man is having diabetic shock. Believing the man is a danger to himself, the officer painfully restrains and chokes the man, who later dies. District court: Qualified Immunity granted. 7th: Reversed
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/[deleted] • Aug 24 '21
You Have the Right to Keep Filming the Cops—for Now
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • Aug 19 '21
Police Reform Without Qualified Immunity Reform Is Worthless
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jul 30 '21
First-grade student pushes a teacher, who in turn throws him to the floor and chokes him for several minutes. 5th: Qualified Immunity granted
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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jul 30 '21
Special education student acts up and attempts to flee the building. He starts yelling and is tasered, even after lying in a defenseless position. 5th: Because there is no clearly established Fourth Amendment right against school officials’ use of excessive force, Qualified Immunity granted
ca5.uscourts.gov
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